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//  NBMMessage.h
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

/**
 *  The base protocol for JSON-RPC 2.0 requests, notifications and responses.
 *  Provides common method for serialisation (to JSON string / to JSON dictionary) of these three message types.
 */
@protocol NBMMessage <NSObject>

/**
 *  Returns a JSON string representation of this JSON-RPC 2.0 message.
 *
 *  @return The `NSString` representing this JSON-RPC 2.0 message.
 */
- (NSString *)toJSONString;

@optional
/**
 *  Returns a JSON dicitonary representation of this JSON-RPC 2.0 message.
 *
 *  @return The `NSDictionary` representing this JSON-RPC 2.0 message.
 */
- (NSDictionary *)toJSONDictionary;

@end

